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AHP Champion Award2010
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AHP presents the AHP Champion Award to individuals for their distinguished service to the association and its growth. Collectively, the winners become the AHP Circle of Champions. The recipients of this award are individuals who were instrumental in the development and growth of American Horse Publications. Each recipient receives a commemorative pin, individual plaque, and their names honored online at the AHP web site.The Executive Committee presented its recommendations for nominees at its mid-year Board Meeting, where the Board approved awarding the 2010 AHP Champion Award to 12 individuals.The first three Champions were all involved in the development of AHP programs.
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Walt WigginsQuarter Racing World
1977-1978 AHP President
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Erbert EadesThe Blood-Horse
1978-1979 AHP President
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Don PriceMichigan Harness Horseman
1979-1980 AHP President
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The next three Champions really paid their dues through some rough times in the association.
And we were holding two seminars a year.
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Les FordThe Harness Horse
1985-1986 AHP President
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Thom MezickThe Horsemen’s Corral
1986-1987 AHP President
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Peter WinantsThe Chronicle of the Horse1987-1988 AHP President
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While the association was still in a transitional period in AHP history, the next three presidents’ terms were fun
and on the cusp of the change.
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Tracy GantzThe Thoroughbred of California
1988-1989 AHP President
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Chris BruneEastern/Western Quarter
Horse Journal1989-1990 AHP President
1992-present Executive Director
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Bill ShepardPaint Horse Journal
1990-1991 AHP President
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The presidency took on more responsibilities for the next three honorees as the awards contest
expanded and membership grew.
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Nancy Lee Comer
The Chronicle of the Horse1991-1992 AHP President
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Karl LittleCutting Horse Chatter
1992-1993 AHP President
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Jennifer Forsberg Meyer
California Horse Review1993-1994 AHP President
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AHP Circle of Champions2007Arnold Kirkpatrick (Thoroughbred Record)
Lucille Shuler (Arabian Horse World)
Melvin Peavey (Horse World)
Don Valliere (Turf & Sport Digest)
Alexander Mackay-Smith (The Chronicle of the Horse)
Snowden Carter (Maryland Horse)
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2008Tony Chamblin (The Horsemen’s Journal)
Ruth Brown (Eastern/Western Quarter Horse Journal)
2009Stanley F. Bergstein (Hoof Beats)
Bob Gray (Horseman)
Audie Rackley (The Quarter Horse Journal)
AHP Circle of Champions
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2010Walt Wiggins (Quarter Racing World)
Erbert Eades (The Blood-Horse)
Don Price (Michigan Harness Horseman)
Les Ford (The Harness Horse)
Thom Mezick (Horsemen’s Corral)
Peter Winants (The Chronicle of the Horse)
Tracy Gantz (The Thoroughbred of California)
Chris Brune (Eastern/Western Quarter Horse Journal)Bill Shepard (Paint Horse Journal)
Nancy Lee Comer (The Chronicle of the Horse)
Karl Little (Cutting Horse Chatter)
Jennifer Forsberg Meyer (California Horse Review)
AHP Circle of Champions